I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. I Corinthians 15:50 At first hearing, Paul’s words can sound harsh. Do they mean that human bodies have no place in God’s eternal kingdom? That everything physical must be discarded forever? Or is Paul … Continue reading Redeemed, Not Discarded: Flesh, Resurrection, and and the Hope of Glory
The Curse of the Physical Creation: A Biblical Defense of the Historic Christian Doctrine
The Fall was physical as well as spiritual because humanity is both body and soul. Therefore, the redemption accomplished by Christ is also for both body and soul, culminating in the renewal of all things. The world groans now, but it groans in hope, waiting for the day when the same God who once declared the ground cursed will declare all things new.
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